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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2015
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Wibke Loelsberg, Osnabrueck, DE;
Marc Fricke, Osnabrueck, DE;
Mark Elbing, Bremen, DE;
Dirk Weinrich, Osnabrueck, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a process for preparing an inorganic aerogel, the process comprising the steps of providing a composition (I) suitable to form an inorganic gel with a gelation time t, spraying the composition (I) into supercritical carbon dioxide at a spraying time tto obtain gel particles, and drying the gel particles obtained in step (ii) by supercritical liquid extraction, wherein the ratio t:tis in the range of from 0.2 to 0.99. The present invention further is directed to the inorganic aerogel as such as well as the use of the inorganic aerogel according to the invention in particular for medical and pharmaceutical applications or for thermal insulation.